American - Activist | December 7, 1928 -
Dr. Karel Culik is an outstanding applied mathematician, a specialist in algebra, logic, computer sciences and mathematical linguistics. In 1965, he visited the linguistics research program at MIT, and we have worked together on several projects since.
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Some international law specialists compare the invasion of Iraq to the 'crimes against the peace' for which Nazi leaders were indicted at Nuremberg.
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The murder of Lumumba, in which the U.S. was involved, in the Congo destroyed Africa's major hope for development. Congo is now total horror story, for years.
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If you don't like what someone has to say, argue with them.
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Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology of caudillismo and it has to be guarded against.
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You go back to the 17th century, the commercial and industrial centers of the world were China and India.
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In ideal form of social control is an atomised collection of individuals focused on their own narrow concern, lacking the kinds of organisations in which they can gain information, develop and articulate their thoughts, and act constructively to achieve common ends.
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My speculation is that the U.S. does not want to establish the principle that it has to defer to some higher authority before carrying out the use of violence.
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Spaniards were condemned for appeasing terrorism by voting for withdrawing troops from Iraq in the absence of U.N. authorization - that is, for taking a stand rather like that of 70 percent of Americans, who called for the U.N. to take the leading role in Iraq.
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As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.
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States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
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I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system.
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